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Sunderland v Nottingham Forest: MGW to make his mark

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Friday 24 April, 20:00
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Nottingham Forest eased their fears of relegation by coming from behind to bag a resounding 4-1 victory over Burnley last weekend. The Tricky Trees have now tabled two wins from their past three Premier League fixtures and are enjoying their best unbeaten run of the EPL campaign (W3-D2-L0) to move five points clear of danger.

Morgan Gibbs-White scored a hat-trick against the Clarets to make it six league goals across his last six appearances with the England international now averaging a goal every 101 minutes under Vítor Pereira. The Forest skipper is bound to again be in the thick of the action for the visitors here and holds big appeal in the shot markets.

Only Burnley, Wolves and West Ham have faced more shots on-target than Sunderland, whilst MGW arrives having landed an on-target attempt in nine of his last 10 top-flight outings and 12 of his past 15 across all competitions. The 26-year-old is avergaing 2.41 shots and 0.95 shots on-target this term, making the combination an attractive 1.855/6. 

Fulham v Aston Villa: Watkins to contribute at the Cottage

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Saturday 25 April, 12:30
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Ollie Watkins hasn't enjoyed the most productive of seasons. Across all competitions, the Aston Villa marksman has notched only 15 goals in 47 appearances with a bleak spell through the winter costing the 30-year-old his place in the latest England squad (he is 4/51.80 to make the World Cup cut). However, that body blow has inspired a very positive reaction from the Villans' hitman.

Two goals in last weekend's victory over Sunderland means Watkins has now scored seven goals in his past seven starts for Aston Villa - across his past nine outings he's either scored or assisted nine goals, including eight in his most recent six dates. Despite his fine recent form, the Villa forward is available at 5/42.25 to Score or Assist on Saturday.

Hosts Fulham have posted W3-D2-L5 in Premier League action since the start of February and have managed only two clean sheets in 2026 with their last home league shutout arriving before Christmas. The Cottagers have lost eight of their past nine meetings with Villa and Watkins netting six goals across those nine encounters.

West Ham v Everton: Back cards in the capital

West Ham v Everton
Saturday 25 April, 15:00

West Ham begin the weekend two points clear of the dreaded drop-zone following a dour 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace on Monday night. The Hammers continue to make moves in the right direction and have now returned an impressive W5-D3-L3 in EPL action since early January, recording five clean sheets in their most last nine outings.

Everton's undeserved derby defeat has dropped the Toffees back into mid-table, though David Moyes' men are only three points shy of sixth and boast one of the division's best away records (W7-D4-L5), making this match a difficult game to call. As the outsider of the three Match Odds offerings, the Draw stands-out at 3.505/2 at the London Stadium.

Bookings are also an area of interest with Stuart Attwell officiating. The arbiter is averaging 4.81 cards across his 21 league assignments this season, brandishing Over 3.5 Cards in 17 of those 22 EPL matches yet we're able to support a repeat here at 7/101.70. West Ham average 1.85 cards per-game with the Toffees earning 1.97 per-game.

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